"This gong-show just laid a bawango on our cheddar, knocked his birdcage right off."Unless you're a true hockey aficionado, this particular comment probably sounds like a bunch of gibberish.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.No one epitomized this mantra better than Mercer Beasley, Princeton's tennis coach from 1933-37 and 1939-42.
From now on, the NBA All-Star Game should always be played in Las Vegas. The ostentation, leisure and wantonness of the event are in sync with the very foundations of the city itself.
Anyone who has ever rooted for a sports team has probably believed, at one time or another, that they have somehow influenced the outcome of a game with their thoughts alone.
This past weekend in Denver, Colo., the country's elite under-20 fencers gathered to compete in the prestigious Junior Olympic tournament.
Imagine if this year's French Open were won not by Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal, the No. 1 and 2 tennis players in the world, but by Werner Eschauer.
Princeton will be at the men's basketball Final Four this year. There's no chance anyone on the current squad will be suiting up to play, but there is one Tiger who has more power than anyone else in the country when it comes to determining who can fight in March Madness, and he'll be there.
We must protect this house ? that has been the mantra of the men's swimming and diving team since that house was built.
If anyone at Princeton has trouble keeping his resume down to one page, it is sophomore Danny Scotton.Scotton is a starter for the varsity wrestling team, but that is only the beginning for Scotton.
Family and friends flooded DeNunzio Pool this weekend, coming from near and far to witness the women's swimming and diving team compete for their seventh Ivy League Championship title in eight years.
The women's tennis team took care of business Sunday afternoon against Wisconsin, sweeping every match en route to a 7-0 shutout victory.The Tigers (3-2 overall) were impressive against the Badgers (3-6, 0-1 Big Ten Conference), a tough Big Ten opponent, at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison, Wis.Princeton captured the three doubles contests, 9-8 (7-5), 8-6, 8-4.
Coming out of All-Star weekend, it's no secret that the Atlantic Division of the NBA's Eastern Conference is stocked with some of the worst teams in the league.
For the second consecutive week, the women's water polo team (4-4 overall) split a four-game tournament against the highest caliber competition in the country.
Split.No, that's not the sound of senior goaltender BJ Sklapsky's pants ripping after making one too many sprawling kick saves for the men's hockey team.
The No. 1 women's squash team (11-0 overall, 9-0 Ivy League) completed its dream season Sunday in New Haven, Conn., defeating archrival Harvard (8-3 overall, 5-3 Ivy League) in the final of the Howe Cup to claim their first national championship since 1999.The No.
Saturday was doubly difficult for the Princeton wrestling team. The Tigers (0-17 overall, 0-8 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) sent off the seven members of its Class of 2007 in the last home match of their careers, a 47-0 loss at the hands of Penn."Knowing that we're not going to come back to Dillon is very strange," senior Kris Berr said.
Three weeks ago, Kevin Steuerer was barely getting into games. Now he's stepping into a leadership role.On Friday, the junior forward had a career-high 12 points on five-of-seven shooting when the men's basketball team (11-12 overall, 2-7 Ivy League) fell just short in a comeback effort against Cornell (14-10, 7-3), losing 57-50.
The long road home gets longer when coming back from a loss. Games away from Jadwin Gym have been particularly brutal for the women's basketball team this season, and that trend continued this weekend.Princeton (10-13 overall, 4-5 Ivy League) dropped a pair of away games, the first a last-second, 69-66 defeat at the hands of Cornell (10-13, 6-4) and the second a close, 58-53 loss to Columbia (7-17, 3-7).In the first contest, the team absorbed a tough loss against the Big Red in one of the Tigers' closest defeats of the season.
